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Overview

Leonardo Ancillotto is affiliated with the University of Naples Federico II in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with particular attention to ecology and related subfields.

The main fields of study involving Ancillotto's work include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

The subfields within these areas consist of:

  • Ecology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Genetics

The key topics addressed in their research cover:

  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies

Leonardo Ancillotto has authored or coauthored several scientific papers. Selected recent publications include:

  • "Bat responses to climate change: a systematic review," 2022, Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • "Modelling risks posed by wind turbines and power lines to soaring birds: the black stork (Ciconia nigra) in Italy as a case study," 2020, Biodiversity and Conservation
  • "Do We Need to Use Bats as Bioindicators?", 2021, Biology
  • "Generalists yet different: distributional responses to climate change may vary in opportunistic bat species sharing similar ecological traits," 2021, Mammal Review
  • "Artificial illumination influences niche segregation in bats," 2021, Environmental Pollution

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • Biodiversity and Conservation
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Urban Ecosystems
  • Mammal Research
  • Forest Ecology and Management

Collaborations have been established with several frequent coauthors, including:

  • Emiliano Mori
  • Danilo Russo
  • Andrea Viviano
  • Rocco Labadessa
  • Luciano Bosso

Best Publications

  • Sensitivity of bats to urbanization: a review

    Danilo Russo;Leonardo Ancillotto;Leonardo Ancillotto

  • One strategy does not fit all: determinants of urban adaptation in mammals.

    Luca Santini;Manuela González-Suárez;Danilo Russo;Alejandro Gonzalez-Voyer

  • Novel perspectives on bat insectivory highlight the value of this ecosystem service in farmland: Research frontiers and management implications

    Danilo Russo;Luciano Bosso;Leonardo Ancillotto

  • Extraordinary range expansion in a common bat: the potential roles of climate change and urbanisation.

    L. Ancillotto;L. Santini;N. Ranc;L. Maiorano

  • Curiosity killed the bat: Domestic cats as bat predators

    Leonardo Ancillotto;Maria Tiziana Serangeli;Danilo Russo;Danilo Russo

  • Bats are still not birds in the digital era: Echolocation call variation and why it matters for bat species identification

    Danilo Russo;Danilo Russo;Leonardo Ancillotto;Gareth Jones

  • Bat responses to climate change: a systematic review

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  • Social communication in bats

    Gloriana Chaverri;Leonardo Ancillotto;Danilo Russo;Danilo Russo

  • Rose-ringed parakeet Psittacula krameri populations and numbers in Europe: a complete overview

    Liviu G. Pârâu;Diederik Strubbe;Emiliano Mori;Mattia Menchetti

  • The fancy city life: Kuhl’s pipistrelle, Pipistrellus kuhlii, benefits from urbanisation

    Leonardo Ancillotto;Alessandra Tomassini;Danilo Russo;Danilo Russo

  • Modelling risks posed by wind turbines and power lines to soaring birds: the black stork ( Ciconia nigra ) in Italy as a case study

    Sonia Smeraldo;Luciano Bosso;Maurizio Fraissinet;Lucio Bordignon

  • Do We Need to Use Bats as Bioindicators

    Danilo Russo;Valeria B Salinas-Ramos;Luca Cistrone;Sonia Smeraldo

  • Integrating climate and land-use change scenarios in modelling the future spread of invasive squirrels in Italy

    Mirko Di Febbraro;Mattia Menchetti;Mattia Menchetti;Danilo Russo;Leonardo Ancillotto

  • Generalists yet different: distributional responses to climate change may vary in opportunistic bat species sharing similar ecological traits

    Sonia Smeraldo;Luciano Bosso;Valeria B. Salinas‐Ramos;Leonardo Ancillotto

  • The importance of ponds for the conservation of bats in urban landscapes

    L. Ancillotto;L. Bosso;V.B. Salinas-Ramos;D. Russo

  • Interspecific competition in bats: state of knowledge and research challenges

    Valeria B. Salinas‐Ramos;Leonardo Ancillotto;Luciano Bosso;Víctor Sánchez‐Cordero

  • Loss of potential bat habitat following a severe wildfire: a model-based rapid assessment

    Luciano Bosso;Leonardo Ancillotto;Sonia Smeraldo;Sara D’Arco

  • Artificial illumination near rivers may alter bat-insect trophic interactions.

    Danilo Russo;Francesca Cosentino;Francesca Festa;Flavia De Benedetta

  • Mammals of Italy: an annotated checklist

    Anna Loy;Gaetano Aloise;Leonardo Ancillotto;Francesco Maria Angelici

  • Adverse effects of artificial illumination on bat drinking activity

    Danilo Russo;Danilo Russo;L Cistrone;N. Libralato;Carmi Korine

  • Effects of free-ranging cattle and landscape complexity on bat foraging: implications for bat conservation and livestock management.

    Leonardo Ancillotto;Alessandro Ariano;Valentina Nardone;Ivana Budinski

Frequent Co-Authors

Danilo Russo
Danilo Russo University of Naples Federico II
Emiliano Mori
Emiliano Mori National Research Council (CNR)
Luciano Bosso
Luciano Bosso Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - CNR
Diederik Strubbe
Diederik Strubbe Ghent University
Sandro Bertolino
Sandro Bertolino University of Turin
Gareth Jones
Gareth Jones University of Bristol
Anna Loy
Anna Loy University of Molise
Carmi Korine
Carmi Korine Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Víctor Sánchez-Cordero
Víctor Sánchez-Cordero National Autonomous University of Mexico
Gentile Francesco Ficetola
Gentile Francesco Ficetola University of Milan

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